West Didsbury Driving Test Centre

· Greater Manchester

40.2%
final pass rate 11,071 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

40.2% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.9pp
43.4% Male Pass Rate
37.0% Female Pass Rate
35,646 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

West Didsbury pass rate over 4 years

40% 41% 42% 43% 44% 45% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009: 41.9% 2010: 41.7% 2011: 41.1% 2012: 40.2%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 880 365 41.5% 45.2% 37.8%
May 876 365 41.7% 45.6% 37.8%
Jun 835 341 40.8% 42.5% 39.1%
Jul 1,225 485 39.6% 43.7% 35.2%
Aug 995 425 42.7% 44.7% 40.5%
Sep 815 329 40.4% 43.1% 37.3%
Oct 978 407 41.6% 43.9% 39.2%
Nov 965 370 38.3% 41.3% 35.3%
Dec 740 285 38.5% 41.6% 35.5%
Jan 970 389 40.1% 43.5% 36.6%
Feb 974 355 36.4% 41.6% 31.9%
Mar 818 335 41.0% 43.8% 38.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.4pp higher rate than female candidates at West Didsbury.

35% 37% 39% 41% 43% 45% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009: 39.1% 2010: 38.9% 2011: 37.5% 2012: 37.0% 2009: 45.0% 2010: 44.6% 2011: 44.5% 2012: 43.4%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at West Didsbury? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 397.237 of the tests conducted here.

17: 632.0% 18: 827.0% 19: 688.0% 20: 690.0% 21: 557.0% 22: 515.0% 23: 540.0% 24: 502.0% 25: 529.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at West Didsbury with 827.0% from 41.81360201511335 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 502.0%. The 325.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1751.128632.0%52.2%136.0%
1841.814827.0%48.4%166.0%
1942.618688.0%41.3%153.0%
2041.096690.0%45.8%150.0%
2141.176557.0%43.2%112.0%
2242.238515.0%44.5%117.0%
2348.496540.0%44.9%129.0%
2442.857502.0%45.3%93.0%
2545.813529.0%43.6%93.0%

Automatic vs Manual

30.1%Automatic Pass Rate
40.2%Overall Pass Rate
621Auto Tests/Year

At West Didsbury, the automatic test pass rate is 30.1%, which is 10.1 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 40.2%. With 621 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Male automatic candidates pass at 32.1% compared to 29.5% for females.

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